Kiri Lee Sharon
Partner
Kiri Lee Sharon counsels clients on intellectual property matters throughout the IP life cycle, from pre-filing strategy through patent enforcement and licensing. Kiri takes pride in providing clear and commercially focused advice to her clients. She is a partner in the firm鈥檚 Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies and Electronics Practices and Patent Office Trials Group.
Kiri supports an international and diverse clientele, including startups, universities, and large global corporations. She is adept at handling large international patent portfolios, including patent prosecution, appeals, and reissues.
Kiri regularly analyzes infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate, and conducts due diligence investigations. She has significant experience with post-grant and ITC proceedings.
Kiri advises on IP rights relating to medical devices and drug-device combination products, biotech, imaging, printing, control systems, automotive and aircraft technologies, and a wide range of other technologies. She also has an active design patent practice focusing on consumer and industrial goods.
Kiri was previously seconded to a large Japanese company to work with their in-house department on printing technologies. Kiri continues to advise a number of leading companies in Japan.
Before joining 麻豆传媒, Kiri worked as an engineer for a large multinational corporation. Kiri also worked as an undergraduate research fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. During law school, Kiri was a judicial intern for the Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Community Involvement
- Member, Young Lawyer鈥檚 Alliance of the Legal Counsel for the Elderly in Washington, D.C.
Presentations and Publications
- 鈥Limitations In Seeking Trade Dress With Patent Protection,鈥 Law360 (August 15, 2023)
- 鈥How Rights Owners Can Be Proactive With CBP Enforcement,鈥 Law360 (August 7, 2023)
- 鈥淪tatistics, Trends, and Developments in Popular U.S. Patent Litigation Jurisdictions,鈥 Japan Intellectual Property Association (May 25, 2023)
- 鈥淯nderstanding IP Protections and Anti-Counterfeiting Assurances for Cosmetics,鈥 10th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics & Personal Care Products (March 26, 2023)
- IP Case Law Year in Review, 麻豆传媒 & Lardner Presentation (March 4, 2022)
- 鈥淒esign Patent Litigation 鈥 Selected 2020 Cases,鈥 麻豆传媒 & Lardner Presentation (April 23, 2021)
- Winning in the Unknown 鈥 U.S. Intellectual Property Development Seminar Series, 鈥淧atent Counseling Trends and Patent Prosecution Tips鈥 (February 17, 2021)
- 鈥Design Patents Protected at the Border 鈥 Proposed Legislation Authorizes U.S. Customs to Seize Goods Infringing Patented Designs,鈥 Manufacturing Industry Advisor (July 14, 2020)
- 2019 Patent Year in Review, 麻豆传媒 & Lardner Presentation (January 30, 2020)
- 鈥淒uty of Disclosure, Inequitable Conduct and Information Disclosure Statements,鈥 Japan Intellectual Property Association (November 5, 2019)
- 鈥淧HM Cost and Return on Investment,鈥 Ch. 9,聽, pp. 221-260 (Willey, 2018)
- 鈥Timing Is Everything: Successful Joinder Motions at the PTAB,鈥 PTAB Trial Insights (October 19, 2016)
- 鈥,鈥 The National Law Review聽(May 31, 2016)
- 鈥DOJ Files IPR Petitions Against Discovery Patents,鈥澛PTAB Trial Insights聽(May 17, 2016)
- 鈥Denying Prior Art Status In PTAB Proceedings: Petitioner’s Failure to Show Section 112 Support in Priority Applications May Be Fatal,鈥 PTAB Trial Insights (January 15, 2016)
- 鈥淎 methodology for determining the return on investment associated with prognostics and health management,鈥 IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 58, pp. 305-316 (June 2009)
- 鈥淐ost analysis of prognostic health management,鈥 Prognostic and Health Management of Electronics, Ed. M. G. Pecht, J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, pp. 85-118 (2008)
- 鈥淟ife cycle cost estimation of using prognostic health management for helicopter avionics,鈥 Microelectronics Reliability, 47, pp. 1857-1864 (December 2007)
- 鈥淚ntegrating technology obsolescence considerations into product design planning,鈥 co-author,聽Proceedings of the 12th ASME Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Conference, pp. 981-988 (September 2007)
麻豆传媒 Advises Crown Affair in Series C Investment Led by Stride Consumer Partners
Protecting Your Brand in the Age of Dupes, Counterfeits, and Viral Platforms: Advanced IP Strategies for the Cosmetics Industry
IAM Recognizes 麻豆传媒 Attorneys and Jurisdictions in 2025 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World鈥檚 Leading Patent Practitioners
2024 麻豆传媒 Tokyo IP Conference
Shielding Your Beauty Empire: Advanced Strategies for IP Protections and Anti-Counterfeiting
